Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Cover Reveals (That Made Me Swoon) XIV

Grace Mae knows
madness. She keeps it locked away, along with her voice, trapped deep
inside a brilliant mind that cannot forget horrific family secrets.
Those secrets, along with the bulge in her belly, land her in a Boston
insane asylum.

When her voice returns in a burst of violence,
Grace is banished to the dark cellars where her mind is discovered by a
visiting doctor who dabbles in the new study of criminal psychology.
With her keen eyes and sharp memory, Grace will make the perfect
assistant at crime scenes. Escaping from Boston to the safety of an
ethical Ohio asylum, Grace finds friendship and hope, hints of a life
she should have had. But gruesome nights bring Grace and the doctor into
the circle of a killer who stalks young women. Grace, continuing to
operate under the cloak of madness, must hunt a murderer while she
confronts the demons in her own past.

In this beautifully twisted
historical thriller, Mindy McGinnis, acclaimed author of Not a Drop to
Drink and In a Handful of Dust, explores the fine line between sanity
and insanity, good and evil—and the madness that exists in all of us.

Thirteen-year-old Kate
Tyler must ask herself how far she will go to protect her older brother,
J.T., when he returns home after nearly a year in a juvenile detention
facility, only to find himself ostracized and bullied as he attempts to
make a fresh start. Kate compromises her own values and risks getting
herself into serious trouble as she launches a secret campaign to
protect her brother long enough for him to find his place in the family –
and in the world – again.

As a follow-up to Red Kayak, Cheating for the Chicken Man brings
J.T., Kate, and Brady Parks together again as they struggle with the
complicated issues of fairness, friendship, and forgiveness.

When her father is
killed by the notorious Rose Riders for a mysterious journal that
reveals the secret location of a gold mine, eighteen year-old Kate
Thompson disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains
looking for answers--and justice. In the spirit of True Grit, acclaimed young adult novelist Erin Bowman brings to life the unpredictable and cutthroat days of the Wild West.

Genetically engineered
identical twins Kyle and Connor McAdams were born two years apart. Their
parents figured it was safer that way, to increase their odds of
survival. Connor was born first, paving an impossibly perfect path for
Kyle to follow. He was the best at everything—valedictorian, star
quarterback etc. Kyle never thought he’d be able to live up, so he
didn’t even try.

But when Connor, 18, suddenly drops dead of a
heart attack, and Kyle learns of other genetically modified kids who’ve
also died on their eighteenth birthdays, he’s suddenly motivated—to
save his own life. Like Connor and all the rest, Kyle was conceived at
the Genesis Innovations Laboratory, where the mysterious Dr. Mueller
conducted experiments on them. The clock’s ticking as Kyle searches for
answers: who was Dr. Mueller really, and what did he do to cause their
hearts to stop at eighteen? He must unravel the clues quickly, before,
he too, becomes another perfect, blue-eyed corpse.

When Rebecca Rivers lands the lead in her school’s production of The Crucible,
she gets to change roles in real life, too. She casts off her old
reputation, grows close with her four rowdy cast-mates, and kisses the
extremely handsome Charlie Lamb onstage. Even Mr. McFadden, the play’s
critical director, can find no fault with Rebecca.

Though “The
Essential Five” vow never to date each other, Rebecca can’t help her
feelings for Charlie, leaving her both conflicted and lovestruck. But
the on and off-stage drama of the cast is eclipsed by a life-altering
accusation that threatens to destroy everything…even if some of it is
just make believe.

I find the cover to A Madness so Discreet utterly riveting. There is a haunting quality, a pervading sense of melancholy, the hint at the macabre... I can't wait to read it! The premise is absolutely fascinating!